Emergence of high colistin resistance in carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Pakistan and its potential management through immunomodulatory effect of an extract from Saussurea lappa

• Main Authors: Umaira Ahsan (Author), Fizza Mushtaq (Author), Sidrah Saleem (Author), Abdul Malik (Author), Hira Sarfaraz (Author), Muhammad Shahzad (Author), Bernt Eric Uhlin (Author), Irfan Ahmad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as one of the most difficult to treat nosocomial bacterial infections in recent years. It was one of the major causes of secondary infections in Covid-19 patients in developing countries. The polycationic polypeptide antibiotic colistin is use...